Acunetix has just released their annual Web Application Vulnerability report which aims to provide security professionals, web application developers, system administrators, web server administrators and other interested parties with an analysis of data on web application vulnerabilities detected the past year via scans run on the Acunetix Online platform.

The extensive report has been compiled from scans performed from more than 10,000 targets and reveals some very interesting results about today's security threats and the percentage of organizations that correctly deal with their vulnerable web applications and exploits. From SQL Injection vulnerabilities to Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, popular CMS platform vulnerabilities to remediation steps and more.

Here are some of the report's highlights that will surely interest every IT security professional and web application developer:

46% of websites scanned contained high severity vulnerabilities

87% of websites contained medium severity vulnerabilities

SQL Injection vulnerabilities have declined slightly

30% of websites contained Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

30% of websites had vulnerable JavaScript Libraries

30% of websites were WordPress sites with a number of vulnerabilities

The free to download report is a great opportunity for professionals to learn more about the latest and greatest vulnerabilities circling the web and proactively take measures to ensure their own websites and web applications are properly tested and patched against popular vulnerabilities and attacks.

The 2019 Web Application Vulnerability Report is offered completely free to download and is used by leading security professionals and web application developers to help understand how to protect network and applications for the latest security threats and web vulnerabilities.